Cry-producing device



Patented Oct. 6, 1925.

UNITED STATES 4 1,556,412 PATENT OFFICE.

ELLIOTT w. naflcxnna, or mass? our, NEW JERSEY.

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Application filed April 8, 1982. Serial No. 549,965.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I ELLIOTT W. Bntiox- NER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cry-Producing Devices, of whlch the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to an improved cry producing device for toy figures and broadly considered, comprehends the provision of improved gravity controlled means arranged within the body of a doll so as to produce a simulation of the cry ma-ma when the doll is disposed in a certain predetermined position.

In one embodiment of the invention I provide a bellows, one side wall of which is suitably mounted in a fixed position wlthin the doll body, the other side wall of the bellows bein provided with an air emiss1on orifice an a sounding reed. Upon this latter movable bellows wall a weight is fixed and provided with a sound chamber having an opening in one wall thereof, and spaced discs having a fixed connection to the stationary bellows wall and controlling the emission of the sound waves through said opening upon the collapse of the bellows.

It is a further general object of my invention to provide a device of the above character which is simple and durable in its construction, eflicient and reliable in operation and which will not materially increase the manufacturing cost of the doll.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the improved cry producing device and in the form, construction and relative arrangement of'its several parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and subsequently incorporated in the subjoined claims.

In the drawing wherein I have disclosed one simple and practical embodiment of the invention and in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional. view through the body of a doll showing my improved cry producing device mounted therein;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the d ic s 'Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation partly in section showing the bellows in a collapsed condition;

Fig, 4 is a detail elevation on an enlar -sc ale, illustrating the relation of the flexr le discs to the opening in the wall of the sound box, and 4 Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of F1g. 4.

This my present invention may, by resortlng to obvious mechanical alterations,'be applied more or less generally to to figures, for purposes of illustration I have s own the device in the accompanying drawing, I as mounted within the body 5 of a doll A s herein shown, the im roved cry-producmg device includes a be] ows of any a proved construction having one of its side walls 6 suitably fixed upon a bracket 7 secured to the body wall of the doll. The other wall 8 of the bellows is hingedly connected at one of its ends in'the usual manner to one end of the fixed wall 6, the other ends and the side edges of said walls being is suitably secured upon the wall v8 at the end thereof to which the end web 9 is attached. This weight 10 is provided with a sound box or chamber 11, the sound being produced by the emission of air under pressure through an orifice 12 in the bellows wall 8 against a suitable reed 13 attached to the outer face of the bellows wall, upon the collapse of the bellows.

The end wall of the sound receiving chamber 11 which is spaced from the bellows wall 8, is provided with an opening 14 therein and through this opening the angular end portion 16 of the rod 15 fixed at its other end to the stationary bellows wall 6, extends. Upon the end portion '16 of said rod, spaced flexible discs 17 are suitably secured. When the doll is in an upright position and the bellows wall is fully distended from the wall 6, the innermost flexible disc 17 is positioned at the inner side of the opening 14 in the sound box wall, the bellows wall 8 being disposed slightly at one side ofthe neutral point and maintaining partially such position by the force of gravity. When the doll is arranged in a reclining position, the weight 10011 the wall 8 causes said wall to move by the force of gravity to its collapsed position towards the fixed wall 6 of the bellows. In the collapsing movement, the air between the bellows walls is forced through the emission orifice 12 and against the sounding reed 13. In the initial collapsing movement of the wall 8, the sound waves 'are prevented from issuing through the opening 14 by the first of the discs 17. The edge portion of the disc lapping over the edge of the opening at the inner side of the sound box wall slightly checks or retards the gravity movement of the bellows wall. This disc will, however, flex sufiiciently to pass through the opening 14:, thus suddenly releasing the sound waves until the second disc 17 strikes the wall of the sound box at an intermediate point in the collapsing movement of the bellows wall 8, thus again shutting off the egress of the sound waves.

In the further gravity movement of the bellows wall 8, the edge portion of this disc likewise passes through the opening 14. so that a second sound issues from the chamber or box 11 during the remaining portion of the collapsing movement of the bellows wall. Thus the sound produced by the rush of air through the orifice 12 against the reed 13 is broken into two distinct periods, thereby producing a realistic simulations of the cry ma-ma, characteristic of the human infant. Of course when the doll is again returned to an upright position, the bellows is automatically distended by the gravity movement of the weight 10 and the two spaced discs 17 are again positioned within the sound box or chamber 11.

From the above description considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction and manner of operation of the improved cry producing devlce will be readily understood. It will be seen that I entirely avoid the use of springs or other relatively fragile parts which may easily become broken or disarranged, and thus preclude the proper operation of the device. On the contrary, the several parts above referred to are all of very simple and durable construction, and after the device has been properly arranged within the body of the figure or toy, it will function in a positive and reliable manner. By substituting sounding reeds of other forms and resorting to a different form of flexible discs, sounds simulating other cries, such as those of various animals, might be produced. Although I have illustrated only two of the flexible discs 17 in the drawing, it is apparent that a greater number of these discs arranged in any desired spaced relation on the supporting rod might be employed, It

is further apparent that the various other structural features of the device are susceptible of considerable modification and it is accordingly to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all such legitimate changes in the form, proportion and relative arrangement of the several parts as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. A cry-producing device for toy figures, comprising a bellows, having one of its walls mounted in fixed relation to the fi ure, a weight fixed to the opposed movab e wall of the bellows, and provided with a sound-receivin chamber, said bellows wall having an ori ce communicating with said chamber, and with the interior of the bellows, a sounding-reed at one side of said orifice, one wall of said sound-receiving chamber having an emission orifice therein, and relativel teriorly of the said orifice in the collapsing gravity movement of said bellows wall to intermittently interrupt the emission of sound from said chamber through the emission orifice.

2. A cry producing device for toy figures including a bellows having a weighted gravity movable wall, a sounding reed through which air is expelled in the collapse of the bellows, a sound receivin box carried by said bellows wall and having a sound emission orifice, and means exterior of the bellows havin a fixed connection with a relatively statlonary part and adapted to be received through said emission orifice to interrupt the issuance of sounds from said sound receiving box at spaced intervals in the gravity movement of the bellows wall to its collapsed position.

3. A cry producing device for toy figures including a bellows having one of its side walls mounted in fixed relation to the figure, a weight carried by the other side wall of the bellows to cause the same to move by gravity to its collapsed and distended positions, said weight being provided with a sound box and the movable bellows wall having an air emission orifice communicating with the sound box and a sound producing reed at one side of said orifice, one wall of the sound box being provided with an opening, a rod fixed at one of its ends to the station ary bellows wall and having its other end extending through said opening in the sound box wall, and s aced flexible discs of greater area than said opening fixed on said rod and closing said opening at spaced points in the movement of the bellows wall to its collapsed position to'thereby intergupt the issuance of sound from the sound 4. A cry producing device for toy figures,

comprising a V-shaped bellows, having one fixed means mounted exellows and co-acting with I of its walls mounted in fixed relation to the figure, a weight fixed to the opposed movable wall of the bellows, and provided with a sound-receiving chamber, said bellows wall having an orifice communicating with said chamber and with the interior of the bellows, a sounding-reed at one side of said orifice, one wall of said sound-receiving chamber having an emission orifice therein, a rod secured to the fixed wall of the bellows extending around the outermost end of the movable wall of the bellows and having its end bent so as to project through the emission orifice of the sound-receiving chamber, and a flexible disk 15 In testimony that I claim the foregoing 20 as my invention, I have signed my name hereunder.

ELLIOTT W. BRUOKNER. 

